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ants simulation
Hugh Lomas · 1 HN recommenders · 1 recommendation months
Recommended by 1 Hacker News commenters across 1 months (2014–2022).
SignalTube analysis
Among 31 other demo videos tagged Creative coding & generative art, the mean is 2.4 distinct HN recommenders. This video has 1 distinct HN recommenders, below that mean. Recommendations span 1 distinct month; the peer average is 2.6 months. This is a data-derived comparison, not a human review or quality rating.
33% of its 3 labeled comments are marked as recommendations or strong recommendations. HN mention years are 2014–2022; those years describe discussion history, not upload date. Its verified runtime is 0 minutes 31 seconds. YouTube lists its publication date as 2014-10-15.
- Channel / speaker
- Hugh Lomas
- Verified runtime
- 0m 31s
- YouTube upload date
- 2014-10-15
- Hacker News mention years
- 2014–2022
SAME TOPIC AND FORMAT
Compare with related videos
The comparison cohort uses other demo videos in Creative coding & generative art. “Shared recommenders” counts HN users who recommended both videos in the source graph.
| Video | HN recommenders | Recommendation months | Positive label share | Shared recommenders | Runtime | Upload date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ants simulationCurrent video | 1 | 1 | 33% | — | 0m 31s | 2014-10-15 |
| elevated by Rgba & TBC | 4k intro (FullHD 1080p demoscene demo)demo · Demoscene High-Quality Videos (Annikras) | 7 | 10 | 67% | No recorded overlap | 3m 36s | 2011-06-26 |
| Elevated by RGBA and TBCdemo · BUTTONTANG | 7 | 7 | 58% | No recorded overlap | 3m 36s | 2009-04-12 |
| Coding Adventure: Ant and Slime Simulationsdemo · Sebastian Lague | 6 | 5 | 100% | No recorded overlap | 17m 54s | 2021-03-25 |
THREE SOURCE-BASED CONTEXT POINTS
Why Hacker News recommends it
Each note combines the dataset’s stance label and short rationale; comment bodies are not reproduced. Open the HN source for the original discussion.
The archive classifies this as a contextual reference in “Show HN: Ants Sandbox - an ants simulator”. Its short rationale: Commenter's own earlier pheromone-gradient ant simulation.
The archive classifies this as a recommendation in “Ant Colonies Retain Memories That Outlast the Lifespans of Individuals”. Its short rationale: Ant colony visualization with source code in the description.
The archive classifies this as a contextual reference in “Simulating the emergent behavior of ant colonies”. Its short rationale: Commenter's own pheromone-driven ant colony simulation.